CARTERTON NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4855, 19 October 1894, Page 2

CARTERTON NOTES.

(From Our Own CoiTespondeiit),

. Thursday. ';."'■£ J. Bertie, licensee of tlio Whito ~: y. Havt Hotel, Garterfonj was charged last Tuesday, by Constablo Darby, with, on tlio Bth Octobor, having kept his hotel opon for the sale of '. liquor after licensed hours, and with havingon thosamodateserved drink ... after hours, Defendant pleaded r " guilty to both charges,.and said ho had been running the ; hotel 1 under .-.<,;' difficult circumstances..; Ever, since .'• J he came to Carterton his wifo had :■ been in the hospital. He had in consequence brought from Wellington on the day in question a housekeeper to manage affah'sfor him, He was busy upstairs when Constable Darby came in, getting beds'and supper ready for' a theatricalcompany. He did : not:, kiiow that the doors wero open, Con- , ; ? stable Darby said he went round , ; ; ! to the back of the White Hart Hotel ;,: on the date mentioned and .walked ;: right in through tlio backdoor. Pound the bar open with the barmaid behind the counter. It was. then live minutes to eleven; Found about twolvo men in an adjacent ■parlour. The slide was up, and thero was half-a-glass of beer beforethem; Two : boarders gave evidence in favor of V. the licensee, and tho barmaid stated that slio did not know what Lpurtho /;> bar was supposed to be closed, as it 4 / was her first day at the house, and v Mr Bertie had not told her, Had ,•' always been used to closingntll p.m. .;. : ] His Worship in'suminiiig up defendant had pleaded guilty charges.- If tho doors' and people came in was an infringement of would inflict a tine of £2 on charge and £1 on the second court costs. -■..).. i.